October 22-26

Learning Objectives for the Week

Students were urged to check Synergy and the Skills notebook for completeness and accuracy.

Students had time to consult with Mr. Zartler about toy and blank design, and to have complete designs (once in their notebooks) entered in the grade book.

Students had time to test, study for tests, get tutoring, and to demonstrate machine use.

Students should have a glued up blank by the end of the week.

Students will be asked to submit their notebooks for a quarterly review on the last day of class for the week.

October 15-19

Class learning objectives for the week are:

Understand how to create a "blank" for your toy.

Demonstrate successful testing and demonstrations on drill press; chop (miter) saw; and band saw.

Complete 3 scale views of toy design and a plan to create an appropriate blank.

Students had time to work on these objectives in class.

Blank Glue Up Information and Instructions

Class received a lesson in fractions, and created a chart to help understand how to glue up a "blank" to make the toy from.


The wood available in class starts as "4/4" lumber (e.g. rough lumber that is 15/16ths of an inch thick.) After being milled to square the lumber become between 3/4" and 7/8" thick. So in order to make a blank two or more boards of these thicknesses must be glued together.

Glueing Up a Blank

Wood glue requires to flat surfaces to be glued together under pressure. Clamps create a 90 degree cone of force. When glueing panels together it is often / usually necessary to use cauls in order to create cones wide enough to provide pressure all over the blank.



It is VITAL to practice a glue up before actually spreading the glue. It is super helpful to have a classmate standing by to help you, both with the practice, and with the actual glue up.

Squeeze out must be removed 30 minutes after clamp pressure is applied.

Don't attempt to get something glued up with less that 45 minutes of class time.

Toy Build Over-arching Learning Objectives

Toy Design and Build Learning Objectives:

Make and follow Scale drawings

Design a toy of an appropriate size and shapes for a target child

Plan an economical use of wood to produce the toy

Plan for a properly glued up blank (face to face; edge to edge)

Glue up blank with clamps spaced for 90 degree cones of pressure

Safely and Correctly Use: Miter Saw; Band Saw; Drill Press;

Power Sanding Machines; files, rasps, and other appropriate tools to shape toy.

Create a toy with a smooth finish

Apply a mineral oil finish to seal wood.

Tuesday, 9 October

Class had time to work on drawings. Students were reminded that toys should generally be 8 inches long or bigger in order to facilitate saw work with machines and hand tools.

Students were given opportunities to take or retake tests, and to do demos.

Four tests and three demos are due before the end of the quarter.

Thanks to seventh period for unloading a lot of wood!

Grading Period Ends on October 26

Note:
All students should have completed drawing and design projects (3) for the first quarter.

Also, students should have completed the following safety tests and demonstrations before the end of the quarter:

Drill Press (test / demo)
Band Saw (test / demo)
Miter Saw (test / demo)

Students should also have passed the safety tests for 

Machine Sanders (test only required).

Any of these assignments which are NOT completed will be graded as a zero at the quarter.

Thursday / Friday 4/5 October

At the end of the week students were working on their scale drawings.

Students were completing demos.

Students were invited to work with Mr. Zartler on the planer in order to prepare do understand it's operations.

Students should have already passed the safety tests for the drill press and for the band saw.

Students should be studying operations for:

Miter Saw;
Machine Sanders;
Planner;

Also, learning the Table Saw will be useful.